It's a blast when you have people over, because everybody knows how to play Pinball, and Pinball FX 2 is bar none, the best I've played without a coin-slot.

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Jump into the action with the Pinball FX2 Core Pack, featuring some of the finest modern-day video game pinball creations from the pinball masters at Zen Studios. Four exciting themes await in the collection that set the standard for pinball design, and continues to be one of the highest rated Metacritic (88) pinball collections of all time.

Tables In This Pack

Pasha

Explore the fabulous world of ancient Persian legends, where a new adventure awaits beyond every sand dune.

Rome

Lead the Empire into the golden age! Protect the land from archaic dangers and lead your legion to glorious triumph over all your enemies!

Biolab

Caution, Biohazard! Rescue creatures and unravel the mystery of the missing cookies in the Mad Scientist's high-tech genetic laboratory!

Secrets of the deep

Beneath the waves lies a mysterious and beautiful world filled with strange creatures and priceless ancient artifacts!

PASHA, of this set of 4, is a remarkable pinball table, but until recently I had no idea just HOW remarkable. That it would become one of my TWO favorites is quite a surprise! It's an Arabian Nights themed pinball table with a flying carpet, a captive princess, a magic lamp, palace guards to defeat, a giant snake, an elixer of life, and a cave of treasure. (And those are just some of the more exciting items!) Much more than just a ball and flippers, this table involves several other games too. The flying carpet is either a ridiculously easy 1MILLION plus, or impossible (far as I can tell). The palace guards to be defeated, a BIG points maker, at first seems a completely unwinable waste of time. FEAR NOT! Not only CAN they be defeated rather easily (there is a helpful TRICK!), but can be the trigger for several important aspects of the game's continuance. It's not unusual to face these guards several DOZEN times within a single game, making for some substantial points.Oh boy, the magnet game. This goes by various names, like "stealing the treasure map" and "saving the princess". Another seeming waste of time, NEVER to be won. WRONG AGAIN! The objective is to use the flippers to activate "magnets" on either side of the line of three holes. The ball will (hopefully) spin in a circle around the holes, never to fall into any of the holes within, gaining increasing scores with each rotation. Maybe I'm slow (Ok, I AM slow...), but this took me FOREVER, and I had over 80 MILLION points before my first success. Now, though I DO sometimes fail, it's a pretty simple, and fun task.The bazaar. Once you get there, it's quite simple. The merchant will attempt to hide a compass under one of 3 cups on the DMD, moving them quickly to confuse the player's eye. DON'T BLINK! An easy 500K the first time, increasing with each occurance. The snake is a multi-ball, in fact a very EASY multi-ball (one of several.) Hit the eyes to trap the ball, and listen to the voice advising you of your progress.Possibly THE KEY to this game (along with the "palace shot") is the rollovers. Possibly the EASIEST rollovers in FX2 to control with PLENTY of time to do so, once you learn the flow and timing of the ball. There are some BIG SCORE items. Each town is to be "visited", but all it takes to do so is to follow the flashing lights. Once you've done so (combined with other tasks) you may earn 5, 10 or even TWENTY MILLION points! (The first time I was awarded 20M I was so stunned I just watched the ball roll down the whole length of the flipper, stupid look on my dumb face.)And YES, the "elixer of life" DOES exist. Though I've only obtained it once, the extra ball it gives is all the more "treasured".Right, the "hint" I mentioned! To obtain the "palace shot", and therefore obtain perhaps 10 times as much practice defeating the guards (and earning the many points therein), it will be extremely helpful to open the "palace" ramp with the right-upper flipper as you hit toward the ramp with the left-upper flipper. One of the first games after I figured this out I was able to defeat the guards FIVE TIMES in one game! GOOD LUCK, Pinballers! (And keep in touch...)(OFFLINE play does NOT calculate, or count on ZEN leaderboards.)(4VIG)

Fantasy Pinball with a plethera of tables to choose from. Pinball FX is the best at what it does and Zen does the genre justice by continiously raising the bar with each new table. With solid physics and a variety of different themes, these offerings make this game good for players of all skill levels.

Pinball FX2 has managed to grab my money on every system I own. For the money, they offer some of the best value in replay out there today. Do yourself a favor and give this a go; you're going to find at least tables you can and will enjoy.